The company had been seeking $130 million from Bombardier Recreational Products over its "Can-Am Defender" off-road vehicle. Wilmer Hale persuaded a Detroit jury there was no likelihood of consumer confusion.

The trademark litigator in Los Angeles says she had to learn a lot about supervising and managing people: "It’s psychology. You have to be very conscious not only of the type of person and communicator you’re dealing with in the person you’re supervising or managing, but also the type of person and communicator you are."

The Foreign Agents Registration Act filing, required as part of a civil settlement with the U.S. Justice Department, shows funding source expectations for the advocacy, and partner rates on the lobbying contract.

"I empathize with the plaintiffs' positions. They are not the ones at fault here," U.S. District Judge Richard Leon says in his written ruling in a shutdown suit from federal employees. Leon earlier this week ruled from the bench, denying a temporary restraining order.

Established 30 years ago through litigation, the rule, when leveraged properly, can help certain businesses reduce custom duties on imports, according to international trade lawyers. But they caution that the rule isn’t a loophole for avoiding tariffs under the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative’s Section 301.

The kind of intentional overbilling a former Kirkland & Ellis lawyer recently admitted to is rare, experts say. But when it does occur, it can be seen as another consequence of law firms' questionable attachment to the billable hour.

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